http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/05/150501151606.htm
Date: May 1,2015
Source: Oregon State University
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Large number of animals such as thinoceroses, zebras, camels,elephants and tapirs are threatened with extinction in grasslands, savannahs, deserts and forests.
"Without radical intervention, large herbivores (and many smaller ones) will continue to disappear from numerous regions with enormous ecological,social and economic costs." -Oregon State. A team of wildlife ecologist led by William Ripple, professor in the College of Forestry, made an analysis of data on the world's largest herbivores, including key threats, endangerment status and ecological consequences.University. Rippie said " I expected that habitat change would be the main factor causing the endangerment of large herbivores." "But surprisingly, the results show that the two main factors in herbivore declines are hunting by humans and habitat changes. They are twin threats." Highest number of threatened large herbivores live in Southeast Asia, India and Africa. Just one endangered large herbivore lives in Europe, that is the European bison. There are none in North America, the author says that " they had already lost most of its large mammals" through hunting and habitat changes.Herbivore hunting happens for two major reasons:meat consumption and te global trade in animal parts.They say that the market for medical uses can be very strong for some body parts, such as rhino horn. Apparently horn sells for more by weight than gold, diamonds or cocaine. Africa's western rhinoceros was declared extinct in 2011.The authors say that if the large herbivores get lost that other parts of wild ecosystems will decrease. Consequences include: decrease in food for large carnivores such as lions and tigers, more frequent wildfires, "slower cycling of nutrients from vegetation to the soil and changes in habitat for smaller animals including fish, birds and amphibians."
I believe that animals should not be killed by people just so they could sell it, and benefit from it. If people continue to hunt these animals, very soon there wil be no left and then it will be late to find a solution for animal extinction.
Date: May 1,2015
Source: Oregon State University
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Large number of animals such as thinoceroses, zebras, camels,elephants and tapirs are threatened with extinction in grasslands, savannahs, deserts and forests.
"Without radical intervention, large herbivores (and many smaller ones) will continue to disappear from numerous regions with enormous ecological,social and economic costs." -Oregon State. A team of wildlife ecologist led by William Ripple, professor in the College of Forestry, made an analysis of data on the world's largest herbivores, including key threats, endangerment status and ecological consequences.University. Rippie said " I expected that habitat change would be the main factor causing the endangerment of large herbivores." "But surprisingly, the results show that the two main factors in herbivore declines are hunting by humans and habitat changes. They are twin threats." Highest number of threatened large herbivores live in Southeast Asia, India and Africa. Just one endangered large herbivore lives in Europe, that is the European bison. There are none in North America, the author says that " they had already lost most of its large mammals" through hunting and habitat changes.Herbivore hunting happens for two major reasons:meat consumption and te global trade in animal parts.They say that the market for medical uses can be very strong for some body parts, such as rhino horn. Apparently horn sells for more by weight than gold, diamonds or cocaine. Africa's western rhinoceros was declared extinct in 2011.The authors say that if the large herbivores get lost that other parts of wild ecosystems will decrease. Consequences include: decrease in food for large carnivores such as lions and tigers, more frequent wildfires, "slower cycling of nutrients from vegetation to the soil and changes in habitat for smaller animals including fish, birds and amphibians."
I believe that animals should not be killed by people just so they could sell it, and benefit from it. If people continue to hunt these animals, very soon there wil be no left and then it will be late to find a solution for animal extinction.
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